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say it: ad-min-i-STRAY-shuhn
administration is a noun meaning "a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)". It is pronounced /ædˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃən/ — ad-min-i-STRAY-shuhn. It carries 6 recorded senses.
a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
commercial enterprise
the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
“he claims that the present administration is corrupt”
“the governance of an association is responsible to its members”
“he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment”
the act of administering medication
the tenure of a president
“things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration”
the act of governing; exercising authority
“regulations for the governing of state prisons”
“he had considerable experience of government”
the act of meting out justice according to the law
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for administration come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.